One of the reasons that Roulette is such a fun and exciting casino game to play is that there are many bets that you can make. There are single bets and combination bets and everything in between, as every spin of the Roulette wheel is loaded with action. One of the Roulette bets that you can make is the double zero (00), which is green in color and located at the top of the individual numbers on the betting table. A double zero is found in the American version of Roulette, as in the European version there is only the single zero, but not the double zero.

The double zero, as well as the single zero, is what give the house the edge. The double zero bet has a payout of 35 to 1. If you spread you bet between the single zero and the double zero and either hits, the payout is 18 to 1. There is also the Special Line Bet and that is a bet on the first 5 numbers, which are 00,0,1,2 and 3. The payout for the special line bet is 6:1. There are many bets on the table, such as the Red and Black, Odd and Even, and 1-18 and 19-26. Many people think that these types of bets have 50% chance of hitting, as there are 36 numbers, 18 red and black, and 18 odd and even. However, this is not the case, as the single zero and double zero make it less than 50%, hence the house edge.

Many people have asked me over the past few months how I went about learning the game and knowing what I do now. Well firstly, my method of learning the game wasn’t optimal and in fact…..one could actually consider it to be bad. I started my educational process at a time when the internet was in its infancy. This meant that I didn’t have access to the vast number of information outlets that people have today.

No coaching sites, no software to help me, no tutorial websites and no televised poker. I had one avenue and one avenue only and that was through poker books and on the job experience. But to highlight just how far poker players have come, the mediocre players of today would actually be better players than many of the professionals of ten years ago.

This is why online poker and poker in general has grown up. But in a way that is great because the interest in poker now is even greater than what it used to be. But the problem with attempting to learn poker from any source is that essentially you are trying to hit a moving target. Poker is forever evolving and this can be seen clearly in how the games are changing.

But the poker sites themselves of course are also responsible for contributing to the way that poker players are evolving. The introduction of multi-tabling, rakeback, SNG’s etc have all contributed to how online players have evolved. Even sign up bonuses have an effect on how people play as essentially people could easily be seduced into playing tighter poker simply because they want to clear the sign up bonus.